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Rules Committee advances housing-conservatorship hearing after hours of testimony, but raises deep concerns
Summary
The Rules Committee continued its hearing on SB 1045 (housing conservatorship) and heard extended public comment and expert testimony. Committee members called the draft "unworkable" as written and voted to send the item to the full Board of Supervisors without recommendation.
San Francisco — The Rules Committee heard nearly three hours of testimony Monday on SB 1045, a proposed housing conservatorship aimed at people with serious mental illness and substance use disorders who have repeated involuntary psychiatric holds. After a presentation by the Department of Public Health (DPH) and a lengthy public-comment period dominated by opponents and supporters, the committee voted to move the matter to the full Board of Supervisors without a committee recommendation.
Dr. Angelica Almeida of DPH told the committee the conservatorship proposal is intended for a narrowly defined group: people ‘‘unable to care for their health and well-being’’ with a diagnosis of serious mental illness plus a substance use disorder and a history of repeated involuntary holds (the local presentation cited a threshold of multiple 5150 holds over the prior 12 months). DPH said it identified 55 people who met that strict…
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